Crain, William
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Name (Latin)
Crain, William
Other forms of name
Crain, Bill
Date of birth
1949-06-20
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Television producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, 12 April 2017:William Crain (born June 20, 1949) is an American film and television director. He was one of the first black filmmakers from a major film school to achieve commercial success. Crain was born in Columbus, Ohio. A graduate of UCLA's film school, Crain, unlike many of the so-called "L.A. Rebellion" filmmakers who made films of a deeply personal or political nature, made work consisting almost entirely of mainstream and genre driven works. Throughout the 1970s he directed TV shows and movies. In 1972, he directed Blacula)
- Blacula [VR] c1998:opening credits (William Crain)
- Internet movie database, Nov. 30, 1998(William Crain; director; writer; sometimes credited as Bill Crain)